Plant Rat

The intertwining of family malfeasance into corporate Chaebol dynasties has been further revealed in ongoing investigations into the Nut Rage case. Prior posts are here (lessons learned) and here (the stink of bad management).
YonHap News reports that an internal Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) audit into their own investigation of the Nut Rage case has revealed improper conduct and has led to the reprimand of eight ministry officials.  (YonHap News)

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

The transportation ministry said Monday that it will reprimand eight ministry officials involved in the recent investigation into the "nut rage" case for their unfair manner favorable to the former vice president of Korean Air Lines Co. 

The ministry investigation had concluded Cho Hyun-ah, the former vice president of Korean Air, did in fact cause a scene, but that an order to turn the plane around to its boarding gate to drop off the head purser had come from the captain of the flight. 

Based on such a conclusion, the ministry had filed a complaint against Cho with the prosecution on suspicions of causing a disturbance aboard a flight, which carries a maximum penalty of a fine of 5 million won (US$4,555), presumably a petty amount for the daughter of Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-ho.

The prosecutor's office apparently had enough information from from its own investigation to charge Cho Hyun-ah with larger crimes:

Two accounts of aviation safety regulation violations, including coercion and interference in the execution of duty that led to a change in flight plan, crimes punishable by a prison term of up to 10 years.

I am surprised at the pace of the recognition and response to the improper behavior of the MOLIT officials. Nut Rage only occurred on December 8.

This evidence of the overbearing power of the Chaebols into Korean regulation and public safety government offices can only feed fuel to the anti-nepotism movement in Korea.